2 files changed, 88 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/Plugins/BufferedPipeReader.hs b/src/Plugins/BufferedPipeReader.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be6a652
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Plugins/BufferedPipeReader.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Plugins.BufferedPipeReader
+-- Copyright   :  (c) Jochen Keil
+-- License     :  BSD-style (see LICENSE)
+--
+-- Maintainer  :  Jochen Keil <jochen dot keil at gmail dot com>
+-- Stability   :  unstable
+-- Portability :  unportable
+--
+-- A plugin for reading (temporarily) from named pipes with reset
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Plugins.BufferedPipeReader where
+
+import Control.Monad(forM_, when)
+import Control.Concurrent
+import Control.Concurrent.STM
+import System.IO
+import System.IO.Unsafe(unsafePerformIO)
+
+import Plugins
+import Signal
+
+data BufferedPipeReader = BufferedPipeReader String [(Int, Bool, String)]
+    deriving (Read, Show)
+
+signal :: MVar SignalType
+signal = unsafePerformIO newEmptyMVar
+
+instance Exec BufferedPipeReader where
+    alias      ( BufferedPipeReader a _  )    = a
+
+    trigger br@( BufferedPipeReader _ _  ) sh =
+        takeMVar signal >>= sh . Just >> trigger br sh
+
+    start      ( BufferedPipeReader _ ps ) cb = do
+
+        (chan, str, rst) <- initV
+        forM_ ps $ \p -> forkIO $ reader p chan
+        writer chan str rst
+
+        where
+        initV :: IO ( TChan (Int, Bool, String), TMVar String, TVar Bool )
+        initV = atomically $ do
+            tc <- newTChan
+            ts <- newEmptyTMVar
+            tb <- newTVar False
+            return (tc, ts, tb)
+
+        reader :: (Int, Bool, FilePath) -> TChan (Int, Bool, String) -> IO ()
+        reader p@(to, tg, fp) tc = do
+            openFile fp ReadWriteMode >>= hGetLineSafe >>= \dt ->
+                atomically $ writeTChan tc (to, tg, dt)
+            reader p tc
+
+        writer :: TChan (Int, Bool, String) -> TMVar String -> TVar Bool -> IO ()
+        writer tc ts otb = do
+            (to, tg, dt, ntb) <- update
+            cb dt
+            when tg $ putMVar signal Reveal
+            when (to /= 0) $ sfork $ reset to tg ts ntb
+            writer tc ts ntb
+
+            where
+            sfork :: IO () -> IO ()
+            sfork f = forkIO f >> return ()
+
+            update :: IO (Int, Bool, String, TVar Bool)
+            update = atomically $ do
+                (to, tg, dt) <- readTChan tc
+                when (to == 0) $ tryPutTMVar ts dt >> return ()
+                writeTVar otb False
+                tb <- newTVar True
+                return (to, tg, dt, tb)
+
+        reset :: Int -> Bool -> TMVar String -> TVar Bool -> IO ()
+        reset to tg ts tb = do
+            threadDelay ( to * 100 * 1000 )
+            readTVarIO tb >>= \b -> when b $ do
+                when tg $ putMVar signal Hide
+                atomically (tryTakeTMVar ts) >>= maybe (return ()) cb
diff --git a/src/Plugins/Utils.hs b/src/Plugins/Utils.hs
index 1dbcd40..bbfa84f 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/Plugins/Utils.hs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-module Plugins.Utils (expandHome, changeLoop) where
+module Plugins.Utils (expandHome, changeLoop, safeHead) where
 
 import Control.Monad
 import Control.Concurrent.STM
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ changeLoop s f = atomically s >>= go
             new <- s
             guard (new /= old)
             return new)
+
+safeHead :: [a] -> Maybe a
+safeHead    [] = Nothing
+safeHead (x:_) = Just x